Still smarting over the Bears

It's been almost a week since the highly touted Chicago Bears managed to stink up Miami worse than a raftload of Cuban refugees. And yet the pain still is there.

We'd gotten so used to the Bears winning despite the lack of any discernable pass rush, a quarterback who threw interceptions the way Shriners throw candy at a Fourth of July parade, and those ugly orange jerseys that we thought they'd pull it out just one more time.

Truthfully, the game was a microcosm of the entire season. Devin Hester runs back the opening kickoff to give them a lead. The defense gets an interception leading to a touchdown. The entire team collapses and gives the game away. The only thing missing was Muhsin Muhammed (I'm too lazy to look up how to spell his name, so accept this phonetic version) dropping an easy pass or two. By the third quarter I was hoping they'd put Kyle Orton in to try and save the game. Good thing the beef sandwiches were so good at the party I was attending.

Congrats to Lovie Smith, Ron Rivera, and Ron Turner for coming up with the most ineffective game plan in the history of the Super Bowl -- and then sticking with it at halftime. Their effort showed all the forethought of a GoDaddy commercial. Albert Einstein was no football coach, but he was right about one thing: insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Ah well, to take a page from their Chicago baseball breathern, wait until next year. Bastards!